Railway-car.



R. M. NISBETT.

RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. 1909.

Patented May 10, 1910.

b QwM ATTORN EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT M. NISBETT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOWILLIAM P. CROWLEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

RAILWAY-GAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1910.

Application filed July 1, 1909. Serial No. 505,488.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT M. NISBETT, acitizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented cer tain new anduseful Improvements in Railway-Cars, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a railway car particularlyintended for the carrying of coin, precious stones and other articles ofgreat value usually in charge of an express messenger, having devicessecured therein in proximity to the doors of the car whereby robbers ordesperadoes attempting to take said articles by force may besuccessfully resisted or driven off by the use of firearms withoutdanger to the occupants of the car. My invention consists in the novelparts and combination of parts shown in the accompanying drawing,described in the following specification and claimed in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which my invention isillustrated Figure 1 is a side elevation of an express or freight carshowing my device applied thereto. Fig. is a side view of the device onan enlarged scale together with a portion of the interior of the car,the device being secured therein. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section ofthe device. Fig. l is a perspective view of the device showing the partsin its interior.

In the figures 1 represents a freight or eX- press car having on eachside of the door 2 the shield A, the said shield being in proximity tosaid door. The said shield has a side wall 3, an upper wall at and alower wall at, and also a rear wall and a front. wall 6. The side wall 3slopes outwardly from rear wall 5 to the frontv wall (3 which ispreferably curved as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the said front wallcontaining an aperture 7 which is provided with a shutter 8 slidable andcontained in guides 9 whereby said aperture may be closed. The shield isprovided with a rib 10 for strengthening the same, and within the spacebetween said rib and the front wall 6 rests the beam 14, said beam beinginclosed by said parts.

The numerals 11 represent bosses for supporting the beam of the car 13.The parts 12 are ribs which strengthen the shield A as well as supportthe beam 13 which engages the bosses 11. The rear end of the shieldengages the frame of the car as shown in Fig. 8.

The shields being positioned on each side of the car an unobstructedview on each side of train may be obtained the said view being towardeach end of the train as per mitted through the respective apertures,whereby the robbers or desperadoes may be successfully attacked byfirearms through the apertures by the occupants of the car, withoutdanger to themselves. The shields are preferably constructed of suitablemetal so as to be invulnerable to rifle bullets. The front ends of theshields project not more than sufliciently to permit a front and sideview on the side of the train on which it is positioned, and saidshields are inclined so as to permit a glancing effect in the event ofcollision or great pressure thereon. The side walls of the oppositelypositioned shields extend longitudinally with the car from each side ofthe door frame as shown in Fig. l.

The two circular holes over the door in Fig. 1 of the drawing indicateapertures for fusees through which holes they may be forced or may beretained in position.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is:-

1. In a railway car a shield having an enlarged curved front endinclining inwardly to the rear end thereof, said front end beingprovided with an opening.

In a railway car a shield having a curved front end inclining inwardlyto the rear end thereof, said front end being pro vided with an opening,and a shutter for said opening.

In a railway car a shield having an enlarged curved front end inclininginwardly to the rear end thereof, said front end being provided with anopening, a shutter for said opening, a rib in said shield branchingoutwardly from said front end, and guides curvingly inclosing the upperand lower end of said shutter.

a. In a railway car a shield having an enlarged curved front endinclining inwardly toward the rear end thereof, said front end beingprovided with an opening, a shutter for said opening, guides inclosingthe upper and lower ends of said shutter, a-

rib in said shield branching inwardly from said front end, and a pair ofribs intermediately positioned therein.

5. In combination with a railway car a pair of oppositely positionedshields extending longitudinally from the door frame, each of saidshields having an enlarged front end provided with an opening facing theother shield.

6. In combination with a railway car a pair of oppositely positionedshields extending longitudinally from the door frame, each of saldshields having an enlarged curved front end provided with an opening anda slidable shutter for closing said open- 15 mg.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature, in presence 0 two witnesses.

ROBERT M. NISBETT. Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. CROWLEY, DAVID H. GLoss.

